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Answered raw tape
D 5 · C 5 · P 4 · Cm 4 4.60
Q Matt, coming at it from your perspective, running Entrepreneur First, how do you view that?
A Yeah, I mean, I think we, we look at these things through the lens of what do the most ambitious people in a society want to do with their lives? And I think the answer to that question actually has profound consequences for what society and economy looks like. And clearly in Silicon Valley, the most ambitious people want to start companies. And I think historically in London, the most ambitious people have wanted to be bankers, and that's had a huge impact on the startup scene, on the technology scene, because of a lot of people who might be founders aren't. And what we're trying to do at Entrepreneur First is, is change that. And I think it is changing very quickly. So Four years ago when we started Entrepreneur First, uh, I know this from a recent conversation with a dean of engineering at one of the, you know, top technical institutions in the world that's very close to here, you know, they said 65% of their computer science grads went to become bankers, went into finance.
AI assessment note: “we look at these things through the lens of what do the most ambitious people”
Answered raw tape
D 5 · C 5 · P 4 · Cm 4 4.60
Q that I think of is Y Combinator in Silicon Valley, which we consider like one of the greatest startup schools in terms of graduating some of the best entrepreneurs. Um, how do you guys compare to what, and how, how do you compare to what they and other accelerators and incubators do, and are there any regional flavors to that as well, besides one of the beliefs you just shared?
A Um, so the, the comparison we would, the way we would always differentiate is, ah, you know, we think Y Combinator in particular is done a, you know, truly phenomenal job and huge fans of what they've achieved. Um, And the way, and you actually, we don't want to compete with any of these guys head on, because I think usually, you know, if you've got a team, an idea, and a product, you know, you should go to iCombinant, you should go to Techstars, whatever. So what we're trying to say is, how do you get the guy who otherwise would go to Goldman Sachs to even think about it at all? Well, if you tell him, cool, well, there's this funding available if you have a team and an idea, well, he's just going to go to Goldman Sachs. So what we do is we say, if you are exceptional technically and incredibly ambitious, We will spend six months with you actually building, you know, from pre-company to company, which I think even My Combinator doesn't really want to do, understandably, ah, we can actually do that in a very systematic way, and so, you know, for us, it's not a regional flavor so much as it's a response to what is the, what is the kind of market for talent here and how does it work?
AI assessment note: “for us, it's not a regional flavor so much as it's a response”
Answered raw tape
D 5 · C 5 · P 4 · Cm 4 4.60
Q that I think of is Y Combinator in Silicon Valley, which we consider like one of the greatest startup schools in terms of graduating some of the best entrepreneurs. Um, how do you guys compare to what, and how, how do you compare to what they and other accelerators and incubators do, and are there any regional flavors to that as well, besides one of the beliefs you just shared?
A Um, so the, the comparison we would, the way we would always differentiate is, ah, you know, we think Y Combinator in particular is done a, you know, truly phenomenal job and huge fans of what they've achieved. Um, And the way, and you actually, we don't want to compete with any of these guys head on, because I think usually, you know, if you've got a team, an idea, and a product, you know, you should go to iCombinant, you should go to Techstars, whatever. So what we're trying to say is, how do you get the guy who otherwise would go to Goldman Sachs to even think about it at all? Well, if you tell him, cool, well, there's this funding available if you have a team and an idea, well, he's just going to go to Goldman Sachs. So what we do is we say, if you are exceptional technically and incredibly ambitious, We will spend six months with you actually building, you know, from pre-company to company, which I think even My Combinator doesn't really want to do, understandably, ah, we can actually do that in a very systematic way, and so, you know, for us, it's not a regional flavor so much as it's a response to what is the, what is the kind of market for talent here and how does it work?
AI assessment note: “We will spend six months with you actually building, you know, from pre-company to company”
